Should Internet shutdowns be used to maintain public order? | The Hindu Parley podcast
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Should shutdowns be used to maintain public order? The Hindu Parley podcast discusses the question.
Over the past few years, the Indian government has increasingly been trying to control law and order by shutting access to the Internet, whether in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), Manipur or Punjab. Between 2016 and 2022, 60% of Internet shutdowns across the world took place in India.
Should shutdowns be used to maintain public order? Here we discuss the question.
Guests: Radhika Jhalani, Counsel with the Software Freedom Law Center in New Delhi; Karnika Seth, Founding Partner of Seth Associates and a cyberlawyer practising at the Supreme Court
Host: Aroon Deep
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